Tom Jones International

Saturday night in Los Angeles, as we discussed below, Tom joined in as one of the performers at the Starry Night Benefit honoring Sir George Martin, producer of the Beatles, who holds the Guiness Book of World Records title as the most successful music producer ever, with more than 50 #1 hits in the US and UK and more than 50 billion units sold. Here, obviously, is Sir Tom on the red carpet. Here’s a brief story about the event. We’re sure there’ll be more soon.

Tonight, Tom begins several dates in California with a show at Humphrey’s By The Bay in San Diego (where audience members must be 21 to go). Tuesday, it’s the Pacific Amphitheatre in Costa Mesa, CA. (We’ve seen some fan consternation about Sheila E. being on the bill with Tom at this venue. As far as we know, she’s opening and you’ll still get undiluted TJ doing a full show. Others — including Etta James at Ravania outside Chicago two years ago and TOP, too — have opened for Tom. It may be unusual for this to happen today, but it’s still possible.) Thursday he plays The Mountain Winery in Saratoga, CA (that’s owned by Steve Wozniak, co-inventor and founder of Apple Computer). Friday he’s at Marin Veteran’s Memorial Auditorium in San Rafael, CA and Saturday he’s at the Silver Legacy in Reno, NV.

Then, it’s back home until August 1 and 2 when Tom and the gang play the Trump Taj Mahal in Atlantic City and, the following Thursday, August 7, they open for two weeks at the MGM Grand.

We’ll be posting more about the shows beginning after tonight’s in San Diego and hope those of you lucky enough to see him send in your reviews.